Allen's Coffee Brandy Appreciation Thread [View All]

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Allen's has top sales but mixed reputation

http://www.bangordailynews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=145492&zoneid=500

For some Mainers it is the syrupy, smooth coffee taste they enjoy with each sip. For others, it is the value they get from its competitive price.

Regardless of why they drink it, Maine residents undeniably have a favorite choice when it comes to brands of hard alcohol: Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy.

The product is far and away the most popular of all brands of hard liquor sold in Maine, according to statistics compiled by the state Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations. More than 990,000 bottles of the booze were sold in Maine in 2005, while Orloff Vodka, the state’s second-highest-selling brand, sold just fewer than 314,000 bottles, or less than one-third of Allen’s total, the statistics indicate.

Allen’s coffee brandy also far outclassed those next in line in terms of revenue, grossing $11.6 million in Maine for 2005. That same year, Captain Morgan’s Spiced Rum and Bacardi Light, ranked second and third in Maine for dollar sales, grossed $4.3 million and $4.1 million, respectively.

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edit: when I want to tie on a good "stabbin' drunk" I gets me a jug of Allen's and a gallon of Oakhurst - and hide all the sharp implements in the house...

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